Blog Entry Ideas - 15 Blogging Content Ideas

Business blogging offers plenty of benefits to those who use it. It adds value to your website. It expands your web presence, increases your search engine visibility, encourages interaction from readers, drives more traffic to your site … the list goes on.

But it’s not always easy. Sometimes writer’s block rears its ugly head, bringing your blogging efforts to a screeching halt. You sit down to write a blog entry but nothing comes to mind. You know the importance of a consistent publishing schedule, but you’ve simply run out of ideas. Your last blog entry was a long time ago. Things have become stale.

Don’t worry. The following list of business blogging content ideas will keep you going for a long time. There’s no limit to the number of blog entries you can create from these idea generators!

1. Recycle your email content to create blog entries from it. If you’re like most modern business owners, you probably do a lot of emailing. Much of this can be re-purposed as blog entry material, especially any Q&A emails about your business.
2. Add a small box / form to the sidebar area of your blog, where your visitors can type in their questions. They click the “send” button and the question is sent to you by email. You can answer their question right on the blog. You’ll never be strapped for blog entry ideas if people keep asking question about your business / products / services.
3. Use a keyword research tool like the one offered by Google to identify a list of key phrases related to your business. That’s how I came up with the idea for this article. I saw that people were looking for blog entry ideas through the search engines … so I gave them some! Why rack your brain to get inside the heads of your audience, when you can find out exactly what they’re researching?
4. Follow the media. Nothing influences Internet search behavior like the media. What’s being talked about in your industry or niche? What are the hot topics? How can create blog entries around it?
5. Create some Google Alerts so you’ll have an endless supply of blog content ideas and writing material. This idea ties back to the previous one about keeping tabs on the news. You can set up a Google Alert for some keyword or phrase related to your business, and you’ll be emailed daily or weekly as relevant news breaks online (such as news stories, press releases and the like).
6. Look to your own business for blog entry ideas and subject matter. How kinds of products or services to you provide? What are the important components of those products or services? Break this up into informational entries to educate your audience. It’s great for search engine visibility as well.
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8. Create a series of entries on some kind of theme related to your business. Top 10 reasons to [blank] … 15 steps to better [blank] … 21 things you should know about [blank]. Each item in the series is a separate post. You get the idea. This is also the type of blog entry that gets linked to a lot from other bloggers, which sends extra traffic your way!
9. Get out a piece of paper and start brainstorming for blogging ideas related to your business. Write down your products and services. Then write down the ways those products solve people’s problems. Jot down some of the special features or benefits of your products / services. Don’t edit yourself … just writer freely. You’ll have a bunch of blog entry ideas by the time you’re done.
10. Do you have colleagues who are enthusiastic about blogging? Invite them to be guest authors on your blog. You could even set them up as a regular contributor. Most blog programs have some kind of “Add an Author” feature for this very purpose. They get extra exposure. You get extra blog content.
11. Conduct an interview in Q&A format on your blog. Talk to experts in some field that’s related to your business. Invite them to do an online interview and email the questions to them. When you get their answers back, publish the whole thing onto your blog.
12. Look to other bloggers in your industry for blog content ideas and inspiration. What are other people talking about? Which seem to be the hottest topics in your industry or niche?
13. Do you know of any web forums related to your business? If so, visit those forums and see which topics of discussion seem to be the most popular.
14. Do a search on Google News for keywords and phrases related to your business. This will bring up press releases, news articles and the like — another great source for blog entry ideas and guidance.
15. Visit an article distribution website (EzineArticles.com, GoArticles.com, etc.) to see if you can find some quality material to use. If you’re blog is related to business or marketing, you can also visit the Free Business Articles section of our website to find material.

So there you have them … more blogging content ideas than you can shake a stick at. Bookmark this page or print it out for future reference. It will help fuel your blog entries for a long, long time!